The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-04
THE REIGN OF OPERA "A.
Emma Abbett's Third Salt
Lake Engagement. 2
FROM THE BORGIA TONUM YUM
s housing Chorus, a Good Ensemote
and very s. tisfactory All the
ssh Rouhi Performance

a long heralded season Of opera by
Emma Abbott's- Company = which
shonld have opened with blaze on
Wednesday evening, but which re-
,.,;5ed5 an Unavoidable back set by the
Getention on the railroad : opened
gTastardav afternoon to a matinee
CONT ting up $500 in receipts-wbich
miobt easily have been $500 more but
-or the postponement from the night
10 a day performance. The change
vas felt,by eyeryone-audience as well
as ortists, There was not the light,
tho warmth, nor the chance for a dis
nv Of colors and bright dresses, which
always make the first night Of an opela
season so notable; to say nothing Of
the habit which has always so strangely
obtained in this city-never to break
INTO enthusiasm at matinee, if it can
in any way be avoided. -. Vi. -.
Nevertheless, the beautiful music
DunizettI has shoWered upon the old
tragedy of Lucrezia Borgia, was listened
70 with critical attention, and as the
more familiar numbers, II Segreto, The
Orsini, Haste Thee, and thenumerous
gems of the first act were evolved
there. was some hearty applause and
some decided recalls. The chorus, and
particularly the male chorus, is .tnil
strong and sonorous; the orchestra OF
Ten performers under The accomplished
T una. o, is almost entirely made up OF
Abbott's own men, and some OF the
Instruments, notably the flute and
c,arionet, are excellently handled. Abb
b 1T herself has not changed whit,
and does not appear day older; she
is if possible fresher than ever; salt
Lake has before passed its verdict on
her and it is the verdict OF the whole
cunt va voice that was at the out
SCI thin in the lower and middle re-
gisters, but one that through gigantic
study and wonderful training, has been
developed until there are no passages,
| the most ford and intricate, that 1t
can not defy. There is still thinness
in some of the notes, but the wonderful
range. the clearness of the trills, runs,
| shakes, YibratoS and staccatos remains
and allied to the stormiy hard way
| she WORKS, winning manner
to a certain magnetism n her acting,
and to the lavish ard magnificent
dressin she puts upon al her roles =
they make her the popular success she
| has come to be. Then she is conseien-
tious in her art, and has acquired the
reputation of surrounding herself with
! thoroughly reliable artists-often ar
| fists who might be called great. She
! has kept up her reputation this time,
/ for while we think she has no one who
can fill the voids left by Tagliapietra
and Campobello, all her people yester-
day made decidedly pleasant impress
sions. Miss Annandale'S fine contralto
had only one opportunity in Lucrezia,
in the drinking song. but that oppor-
tunity she made the most of, and
gained hearty encore. Mr.. Michelina,
the tenor, has a voice of great sweet
ness, and he is also a fair actor; in the
exquisite trio between himself, Abbott
| and Pruette-which erJused the only
old-timc enthusiasm Of the day, and in
! his aria at the commencement of act 3,
he was at his best. Pruette, the BARI
tone, man of fine presence, and with
a round, heavy voice, shows that he is
useful singer, though he seemed
Overweighted in parts of "Haste
Thee" We look to see him do
good work as Di Luna. Broderick
has improved wonderfully, and his fine
bass, though but little employed, was
greatly appreciated. MIR. Allen and
Miss Eloise Mortimer, a very pretty girl
IN pages costume, were the main fea-
lures of the remaining support. The
piece was we'll staged and the CHASTITY
poisoning scene, where each mans COT
Zee confronts him, was shudderingly
followed. 1t was here, when imploring
her son TO drink the antidote for the
poison he has swallowed, that Miss
Abbott'S talents as an actress shone
strongest. In some parts, though its
strength does not give the same oppor-
tpnity throughout, it was equal to her
Traviata and Lucia.